The Electric Brae, known locally as Croy Brae is short stretch of road in Southern Scotland with a very strange phenomena – cars free-wheel up the hill!
Although there’s no electricity involved, it’s also sometimes known as the magnetic hill due to this very strange effect it has on any wheeled vehicle that drives on it. As this video demonstrates a car which stops out of gear and then lets the handbrake off will seem to roll uphill….which is slightly contrary to all the known laws of physics.
So are there dark or magical forces at work here?
Not quite – it’s more about optical illusions. The reality is, any traffic driving south will appear to be going uphill due to the rather unique landscape, whereas of course it’s actually travelling downhill. We do recommend anyone trying this sticks to the lay-by for safety as part of the hill is on a corner.
The hill is on the A719 south of Dunure and a little way south of Ayr on the South West Scottish coast.
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I’ve got to try this road one day!